WEBVTT AND IT COULD LEAD TO JAIL TIME. IN A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH HAWLEY SAYS GRIETENS POTENTIALLY STEVEN: HAWLEY SAYING THE GOVERNOR MIS-USED A DONOR LIST FROM A CHARITY HE FOUNDED. MICHEAL MAHONEY HAS MORE ON THE BREAKING DETAILS. MICHEAL: HAWLEY HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE IN JEFFERSON CITY. ANNOUNCING THAT THE GOVERNOR COULD BE IN TROUBLE FOR HIS USE OF THE DONOR LIST FROM A CHARITY HE STARTED, >> THAT THESE POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL ACTS WERE COMMITTED BY GOV. ERIC GREITENS. REPORTER: GREITENS STARTED THE SUCCESSFUL MISSION CONTINUES CHARITY TO HELP VETERANS. MICHEAL: A NON POLITICAL GROUP. HAWLEY SAYS THE CHARITY DID NOTHING WRONG. >> MR. GRIETENS, HOWEVER, USED THAT LIST FOR POLITICAL FUND RAISING. HE TRANSMITTED THAT LIST FOR POLITICAL FUND RAISING. AND HE DID ALL OF THIS WITHO THE PERMISSION OF THE MISSION CONTINUES. HIS CAMPAIGN WERE FINED $100 BY THE MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION FOR HAVING THAT DONOR LIST. GRIETENS SIGNED THAT FINDING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED THAT THE GRIETENS CAMPAIGN RAISED ABOUT $2 MILLION FROM PEOPLE WHO’S NAME WAS ON THE CHARITY DONOR LIST. HAWLEY WAS ASKED IF THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE CHARGES FROM ST. LOUIS PROSECUTOR KIM GARDNER, >> THAT IS THE CIRCUIT ATTORNEY’S DECISION. OUR JOB IS TO TURN OVER EVIDENCE OF POTENTIAL WRONG DOING WE HAVE FOUN >> WE HAVE DONE THAT. MICHEAL: HAWLEY SAYS THE HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE GOVERNOR NOW ALSO HAS THE SAME INFORMATION. THEY MAY SOON CONSIDER IMPEACHING THE GOVERNOR. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THINKS THIS EVIDENCE COULD INVOLVED, >> SO I CERTAINLY SAY THESE APPEAR TO BE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. THAT IS A DECISION FOR THE HOUSE TO MAKE. THAT IS WHY WE’RE GIVING THEM EVERYTHING WE HAVE. STEVEN: MICHEAL MAHONEY JOINING ME NOW. MICHEAL WHAT DOES ALL THIS TODAY MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF GREITENS’ CHARITY THE MISSION CONTINUES? MICHEAL: THE CHARITY INSISTS IT NEVER GAVE GRIETEN PERMISSION TO USE THEIR DONOR LIST. IN A STATEMENT TODAY THEY HAVE BEEN COOPERATING WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, AND COMPLETELY ABSTAIN FROM ANY AND ALL POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. THERE IS A TIME FACTOR HER THIS HAPPENED BACK IN 2015. THE STATUE OF LIMITATIONS IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. NEXT WEEKEND. SO HAWLEY SAYS THE PROSECUTORS MUST DECIDE QUICKLY WHETHER NOT TO FILE CHARGES. THE GOVERNOR RELEASING A STATEMENT ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THE NEWS BROKE. HALEY: SAYING IN PART FORTUNATELY FOR JOSH HE’S BETTER AT PRESS CONFERENCES THAN THE LA

After Tuesday's announcement by Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley that his office has found possible evidence of wrongdoing regarding charity donors and campaign funding, members of the Missouri House Leadership are calling for Gov. Eric Greitens to step down.

In a news conference, Hawley said his team found evidence suggesting that Greitens used a list of donors from his veterans charity, The Mission Continues, for political fundraising.

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This comes on top of a criminal investigation into felony invasion of privacy charges where the governor is accused of taking and transmitting a nonconsensual photo of the woman with whom he had an affair in 2015. And, it comes after a scathing report regarding that affair.

“At the outset of this process, we said the governor needed to be forthright and accountable for his actions. After thoughtful consideration of the findings in the House committee’s report and today’s news that the Attorney General has evidence to support another felony charge, we believe the governor needs to take responsibility for his actions.

Leaders at all levels of government are entrusted with an incredible responsibility to the Missourians we represent. When leaders lose the ability to effectively lead our state, the right thing to do is step aside. In our view, the time has come for the governor to resign.”

Gov. Greitens countered with his own statement:

"I will not be resigning the Governor's office. In three weeks, this matter will go to a court of law—where it belongs and where the facts will prove my innocence. Until then, I will do what the people of Missouri sent me here to do: to serve them and work hard on their behalf."